Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-07

Counterfeit's silver dollars are circulating at
s.. Cloud.
Seventeen cities have SO far bid for the sol
diers' home.
The new Odd Fellows block At Mankato
was dedicated Friday last.
The Baptis s have begun the foundation OF
a $1,000 church At J." Seuer.
Heron Lakes new $4,000 Touring mill is
to be in operation l. July /.
A daughter Of tL- first white settler OF Mil
wsukee died ut Wiuoua last week.
The wife Of Rev. j. w. Hsrgrave, OF st.
Cloud, died on Wednesday morning.
Miss Bell Rankin, OF ST. Paul, has been ap-
pointed u notary u,lic by the governor.
The Episcopal churches Of southern Mime
sofa are holding - convention at Red Wing.
The Crusaders Total Abstinence club ceie.
brated their hfta anniversary at st. Paul the
27th.
The Method,ft. of Austin will build a church
This summer, " in sittirgs for SO people and
TO cost SIS, 300.
John Qliun trought to Austin, one day
asst week, seven young wolves for The audi
tors state bounty.
John Quinn, Of Clayton, brought to Austin
on the 4 h int. seven young wolves for the
auditors stat, bounty.
The clay del osits found near Austin prom.
ise to be Of a. unusually hIe quality and TO
exist in great oundance.
Fafioault ofers $75 reward for the discov-
cry Of the perm who destroyed q tsirty-year-
old maple ire, in that city.
A new conn my under the name Of Gogebie
Development company has been organized al
st. Paul, witt capital Of s. 0 900.
Materials 10 be used IN constructing a har-
Dor at Lake cry are now on their way up the
river aud the work will be rapidly pushed.
Sam Jones is giving the preachers and
newspaper mcu the benefit OF some severe
criticism in l. ; revival meetings at st. Paul.
A saloouke, per at Hay field named Clausen
~as lodg' d IN Ill at Albert Lea on the 10th
nst., charged with passing counterfeit money.
The residences OF W.. j. Hall and Rev
; ,muel Mills Al Fergus Falls were destroyed
y lire on Saturday. Loss $40, O0o. Covered
h, assurance.
The Mississippi log jam At the Brainerd dam
y ) successfully opened Oh the 2Sd inst, and
t! + river is clear again Of logs NJ 10 the Pine
ri er blockade.
Zoe raising OF an endowment fund of 800,
O. y tor the benefit OF Carleton college has bee n
c ,npleted through the untiring efforts Of
1, -ident Strong.
81 hop Whipple administered the rite OF
co. irmstion TO a class OF nineteen, six Of
VIII IA were adults, At St. Marks church at
Lab, City on the Goth ult.
A ed bst-said TO be .s much OF a curiosity
as q ~hite biackhird-hss been fourd at Mar
shall. II has been sent TO the Smithsonian
institute at Washington.
The farmers OF Clay county organized a
mutual halt insurance company on tue sd
Inst. Il will be known under the Red River
Valley FaImrr.' Insurance company.
A man named Jensen committed suicide
on ~ farm near Nauksto on the 23d inst. by
hanging. He was a ba, h,iOr OF % years of
age. General dependency caused the deed.
Hon. George G. Chamberlain, Of Jackson,
All old-t,me nesspsper man in Minnesota, has
recently been granted q pension Of $50 per
month for 81, abilities received during the
war.
A girl 10 years Old arrived at Mortified
from l. uisians on the 23d Inst, having made
the journey alone. She wore a ribbon telling
where she vas To 20. She cxne To visit MI
uncle at Northfeld.
At ! spectat meeting OF the Austin Farmers
Fire aud Storm Insurance company the res
i~guation OF q l.. Case was accepted. Hon.
j.. }. Furloug was elected president and John
schrCtd r n director.
The body OF Mrs. Miller, = widow ~ffty-twc
years old, VAS found IN Lake Winona, near
Winona, on the 10th ult. She had been miss
ing since the 23d. and her mysterious death
is explained as q suicide.
Whiie AltXaLder Sclein, living near Still
water, was heating his gun last Wednesday
to more east withdraw the load with which
1t was ct arg,d, 1t exploded and instantly
Killed his SOD, seventeen ytars Of age, who
was ucar.
The VII. Of Vim. Davis, = prominent pho
togrspher Of Msukato, has been sdiudgtd
insaLe aud WAS taken TO the st. z, ter asy-
lum on the 23i inst. Her arrangement is
attributed to IN accident several years ago,
when she received serious injuries about the
head.
Il. .. Mckenzie, arrested upon the com
plant OF Rev. Luke, Of Moorhead, regrets the
confidence he placed In the conhding nature
OF the clergy. His story about stolen horses,
running out OF money on the search for the
thieves, and desire ~ borrow $ from the min
lister to help on justice, was all very plausible,
but II happened the Rev. Luke had heard
about Mr.. Mckenzie before and quietly gave
II away TO the officers, who now has that gen.
tleman In charge.
A tile mill occurred Saturday at Benson
between the editors Of the Monitor aud the
Times, the result Of a newspaper controversy.
the affair WAS not conducted In accordance
with Marquis OF QueensLury rules, and while
rather inpromptu WIS one nevertheless decii-
edly interesting to the spectators. II Is a re-
suit that has beer ~arJently looked and hoped
for by tie readers OF both papers. Beyond a
couple OF bruised noses and frescoed eyes no
damage WAS done. but the impression seems
to be general that II closes the argument be-
tween the two papers and their editors. The
s~quabble was commenced by the editor Of the